Ford Lightning News

I heard from my dealer today. They wanted to know if I wanted to be one of the 10 people from their dealership who would be able to order the Lightning in January. The suggestion was they wanted those 10 slots to go to people who lived near the dealership. They indicated that they don't know final pricing, of course, and that they aren't sure we will be able to get the exact truck that we are hoping to build, based in history with other models. So I put myself in for the process, waiting to see what the package actually is so I can order if it still makes sense. No orders until January, was the clear message I got. I would suspect early January, based on the tone. So it looks like the dealers have the ability to pick within the...

The Blue Oval stopped accepting reservations for the much-hyped pickup on Wednesday as it prepares to start fulfilling orders in 2022, a company spokeswoman confirmed to Insider. "We've closed reservations so we can start accepting orders," reads a message on Ford's website. In January, Ford will begin inviting reservation holders to configure and order their trucks, the spokeswoman said, with customer deliveries set to start in the spring. But Ford's massive bank of Lightning preorders means it could be years before some people who placed a deposit actually receive their trucks. Anyone who missed the boat on reservations will need to hang tight until orders open more widely. That wait will be even longer. Ford has raked in nearly...

The Ford F-150 Lightning is the most researched electric pickup truck on Twitter, much more than the GMC Hummer EV, Rivian R1T and Tesla Cybertruck. That’s according to geotagged Twitter data from the last three months tracking over 130,000 tweets, hashtags, and direct keyword electric phrases about upcoming electric truck models. Continue reading @insideevs.com

The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning has also made Popular Science‘s Top 100 New Technologies of 2021 list in the Automotive category. The F-150 Lightning made this prestigious list thanks to its impressive stats, which include up to 563 horsepower and 775 pound-feet of torque, a 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds, up to 10,000 pounds of max towing, 9.6 kW of portable power, as much as 300 miles of range, and a 150-kilowatt fast charger that can add an additional 54 miles of range in just 10 minutes. “When we set out to electrify the F-150, we were so excited about the prospect of delivering the most innovative truck Ford has ever built,” said Linda Zhang, F-150 Lightning chief engineer. “We wanted to provide some shock and awe to our customers in a...

In a recent AutoList survey, Ford scored exceedingly well, as 38 percent of respondents chose the Ford F-150 Lightning as the all-electric pickup truck they would most likely buy. The Chevrolet Silverado EV came in second with 26 percent, while 20 percent of respondents picked the Tesla Cybertruck as their top electric truck. However, Tesla continued to score well with the 18 to 23 and 24 to 29 age demographics. The GMC Hummer EV took fourth place with 11 percent, while just five percent of buyers selected the Rivian R1T as their most desired pickup. Continue Reading @ FordAuthority

The upcoming 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup will be a game changer, for sure. Promising the capability people have come to expect from the best-selling F-150 while also introducing battery-electric performance to a traditional fanbase will be no small feat. However, Ford has a trick up its sleeve that may finally persuade truck owners to go electric: The F-150 Lighting will be able to charge other F-150 Lightnings. "We are [working on] a vehicle-to-vehicle system," Zhang told The Drive. "[Charging other EVs] is going to be dependent on the power cord, and the Mach-E system is not set up for that right now, but Lightning will be." Continue Reading @TheDrive

Ford CEO Jim Farley shared the news of the F150 Lightning now going into the next build phase of production with mass production starting in the spring of 2022. Ladies and Gents, we are getting closer!

If you want to know how your truck and charger talk. I have always been in maintenance all my life so I always like to know thing work so when it don't work I know know what did not happen so I can fix it or able to tell the mechanic about where the problem is. GOOD VIDEO but a little long.

Jonny Lieberman took to Instagram with photos of 6 F150 Lightnings caught testing at Angeles Crest: Source: